No, I re-imaged the drive and along with that came the EXT4 file system since it was originally setup that way. It still has EXT4 as of now.
>>All exhibit the same behavior<< Well... now that doesn't sound like a disk problem. I doubt that all would fail in a similar manner if it it due to corruption of the EXT4 file system. I think you can force a disk check on the next reboot so you don't need to remove the drive; http://linux.bigresource.com/Ubuntu-force-a-fsck-run-at-next-reboot--Y7cB5NLWq.html Dave Cole On 6/17/2013 9:43 AM, Tom Easterday wrote: > On Jun 17, 2013, at 9:27 AM, Dave<e...@dc9.tzo.com> wrote: > >> I'm fairly certain that when you boot the liveCD and then choose to >> install the system that it goes through the normal Linux install process >> that includes formatting the drive. >> >> Have you run the Linux software to check the drive.. Disk Utilities, >> check disk? >> > Disk Utility won't let me check the disk as it's mounted. I will try taking > one out of the other system and put it in here so I can check it. > > >> When my Linux EXT4 file system became corrupted, the Linux Check disk >> software failed the disk during tests. But then after reformatting the >> disk in Windows >> > What did you reformat it as? Ext3? I don't think you said in your original > message. > > >> I was able to reload the LinuxCNC image I had made originally for this >> system. I just went and checked this same disk again via the Linux >> Check Disk software and the "Read Smart Data" shows that the disk has 93 >> bad sectors which is more than the >> Linux threshold of 36. So while apparently Windows has no problem >> continuing to deal with a disk with 93 bad sectors, perhaps Linux does?? >> >> You mentioned "systems", do you have other systems with the same >> software on them such that you could swap the drives, copy the LinuxCNC >> configs back and forth and see if the problems sticks with one of the >> drives? >> > Yes, I duplicated the disk (using dd) and three systems all exhibit the same > behavior. > > >> Your issue sounds like a disk related problem to me. I'd try swapping >> drives and configurations first to try to narrow the problem down to one >> drive if possible. >> > Ok, I will try checking one first, and will probably reformat (Ext3, I guess) > and start over. > > Thanks, > -Tom > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > This SF.net email is sponsored by Windows: > > Build for Windows Store. > > http://p.sf.net/sfu/windows-dev2dev > _______________________________________________ > Emc-users mailing list > Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ This SF.net email is sponsored by Windows: Build for Windows Store. http://p.sf.net/sfu/windows-dev2dev _______________________________________________ Emc-users mailing list Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
